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黑色星期五
Mandarin · pinyin Hēi sè Xīng qī wǔ
Meanings
- Black Friday
Characters in this entry
- 黑
- hēi · black; dark; evil, sinister; Kangxi radical 203
- 色
- sè · color, tint, hue, shade; form, body; beauty, desire for beauty; Kangxi radical 139
- 星
- xīng · a star, planet; any point of light; 25th lunar mansion, determinative star α Hydrae (Alphard)
- 期
- qī · period of time; date; time limit
- 五
- wǔ · five; surname
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Mandarin tones
1–4–1–1–3 · Hei1 se4 Xing1 qi1 wu3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
hak1 sik1 sing1 kei4 ng5
Cantonese word readings for 黑色星期五. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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name
- Black Friday (day after US Thanksgiving Day)
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